The Southern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the
Southern Theater Command
The Southern Theater Command () is one of the Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor was the Guangzhou Military Region.
Its jurisdicti ...
. Its headquarters is in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
. The current commander is and the current political commissar is
Xu Xisheng
Xu Xisheng (; born April 1964) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China, currently serving as political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.
He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Commu ...
.
History
On 1 February 2016, the founding meeting of the Southern Theater Command Air Force was held at the August First Building in
Beijing
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, China.
Functional department
* General Staff
* Political Work Department
* Logistics Department
* Disciplinary Inspection Committee
Direct units
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List of leaders
Commanders
Political commissars
Chief of staffs
References
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Southern Theater Command
Air force units and formations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Military units and formations established in 2016
2016 establishments in China